Lumia 830

Updated: 4 months ago

In Short

Microsoft announced the Lumia 830 at IFA 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The "affordable flagship" Lumia 830 puts a high-end camera into a smartphone that's easy on your wallet.

Hold the Lumia 830, and you'll find yourself looking at a beautiful 5-inch 720p IPS display (1280 x 720). This display comes with some impressive technology like ClearBlack, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Curved Glass and more. This all amounts to a display you'll be able to easily use outdoors in bright sunlight.

The Lumia 830 itself is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and 1 GB of RAM. It comes with 16 GB of internal storage, which is supplemented with microSD card support up to 128 GB and 15 GB of OneDrive cloud storage.

The big selling point of the Lumia 830 will be its PureView camera. You'll find a rear camera with a 10 MP sensor and optical image stabilization. ZEISS optics ensures you can capture photos like more expensive Lumia handsets. You also get Rich Recording thanks to three microphones. This is recording technology we've seen in high-end handsets like the Lumia 930.

04 September 2014 260By Daniel RubinoBesides the Lumia 730 and Lumia 735, Microsoft's other big news was the Lumia 830, which they tout as "an affordable flagship smartphone". Putting comparisons aside (it is cheaper than the Galaxy S5 and iPhone 5s), the Lumia 830 brings a lot to the table...

14 October 2015 142By John CallahamAT&T is finaly rolling out an over-the-air update for its version of the Lumia 830. It brings an update to Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2, or Denim, along with a "Find my Phone with Reset Protection" feature

19 September 2015 144By Daniel RubinoThe Lumia Denim with Update 2 for Windows Phone 8.1 is now available as a manual recovery for the AT&T Lumia 830. Will AT&T push this update over-the-air to all customers?

11 August 2015 212By John CallahamA new report says that Microsoft's retail stores will not replenish shipments of the the unlocked Lumia 830 once all current models are sold out, 10 months after the smartphone first went on sale.

16 July 2015 247By Harish JonnalagaddaIt looks like the Lumia 830 is finally making the much-needed update to Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 in India. Lumia 930, 1520 and 1320 are also receiving firmware updates in the country.

18 June 2015 300By John CallahamA critical Windows Phone 8.1 update from Microsoft that fixes the random reboot issue encountered by several users is now rolling out to a number of Lumia smartphones in the US, including the Lumia 830 and the Lumia 1020.

12 June 2015 156By Harish JonnalagaddaA critical update that is now available for the Lumia 730, Lumia 830 and Lumia 1520 fixes the random reboot issue encountered by several users. The update is now rolling out to the aforementioned devices in India.

02 June 2015 184By Daniel RubinoToday, Microsoft has begun pushing out Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 build 15148 for select Lumia 735 and Lumia 830 handsets. Update 2 brings many new but smaller features to current Windows Phones and we'll tell you what is new.

27 April 2015 104By Mark GuimEarlier this year, Microsoft has announced special golden editions of the Lumia 930 and Lumia 830 for select markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. They share the same specs as the regular versions, but what's different is that they both have gold frames...

09 April 2015 290By Rich EdmondsMicrosoft has confirmed Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 "GDR2" for select handsets, including the Lumia 735 and Lumia 830. Availability is currently unknown, but it's in the works....

01 April 2015 135By Daniel RubinoEvidently Windows Phone fans were close to getting the Nokia Lumia 830 with an optional yellow back cover. A recent sale on eBay revealed the "one of a kind" cover that was reportedly made for market testing before the phone's general release...

26 March 2015 47By John CallahamThe UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is currently selling the SIM-free version of the Lumia 830 Windows Phone from Microsoft for just £199.99. The retailer has cut the price of the phone by £100 with this deal and is throwing in a free FitBit Flex fitness band worth £79.99....